WINNIPEG – Oliver James Okemow was charged with manslaughter Sunday in the beating death of Wayne Michael Harper, 31, in May.
Harper was killed on May 30 after he was assaulted by a group of men while sleeping outdoors in St. James in Winnipeg, police said in a news release Tuesday.
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The men, who knew Harper, found him sleeping in the area of the 600 block of Century Street shortly before noon and assaulted him, police allege.
The group fled and a passerby found Harper, who was taken to hospital and pronounced dead.
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